In children evaluated for a possible macrolide allergy, intradermal testing with a suspected culprit drug at 0.05 mg/mL showed high specificity (92.7%) but limited sensitivity. To confirm an allergy ...

The management of chronic and recurrent nasal and sinus disease requires a history and detailed examination of the patient that often includes allergy testing. The Department of Otolaryngology ...

What is the earliest reasonable age to achieve adequate allergy testing results? Is radioallergosorbent test (RAST) equivalent to skin testing at an early age? For immunoglobulin (Ig) E-mediated ...

First developed by English physician Charles Blackley in 1872, the concept of allergy testing has been around for longer than many might think. However, since Blackley’s experiments, food allergy ...

Skin allergies are common and often frustrating to diagnose. But new technology could soon help change that. Dr. Alison Bruce, a dermatologist at the Mayo Clinic, is helping to develop an artificial ...

If you've ever looked at an allergy report and felt like it's written in code, you're not alone. A few years ago, I found myself staring at a stack of papers from a diagnostic lab. My sinuses had been ...